Roof Replacement in Sellersville, PA

Half of the 1,872 homes in Sellersville were built before 1972. The rules below decide how much of the old roof has to come off and what goes under the new one.

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The rules for a reroof in Sellersville

Permit

Local ordinance, not the state

The state code does not cover a reroof that changes no structure (34 Pa. Code § 403.1(b)(8)). So the borough code office in Sellersville is the one to ask before work starts.

Source: 34 Pa. Code § 403.1(b)

Layers

No third layer

A new roof may go over one existing layer; with two or more, or over slate, clay or cement tile, everything comes off to the deck (IRC R908.3.1.1). 60% of Sellersville’s homes were built before 1980, so count the layers before comparing quotes.

Source: IRC 2021, Chapter 9 (Pennsylvania edition, UpCodes)

Ice barrier

Sellersville’s climate table decides

The code requires an ice barrier where the local climate table (Table R301.2) says so, and each Pennsylvania municipality fills that table in. Ask the borough code office or the contractor what Sellersville’s says.

Source: IRC 2021, Chapter 9 (Pennsylvania edition, UpCodes)

Rules as read on October 24, 2026. The state’s code edition and the rest of its rules: roof replacement in Pennsylvania.

Homes and roofs in Sellersville

Owners live in 1,206 of Sellersville’s occupied homes, or 66%. By year built, 31% before 1940, 40% before 1960, 60% before 1980; 11% went up in 2000 or later. (ACS 2020–2024.)

By building type: 37% detached houses, 34% attached single-family houses (rowhouses, twins and townhouses), 14% buildings of two to four units.

With about one in three of homes attached, many roofs here meet a neighbor’s roof at a party wall. Say so on the call, and ask the contractor how the new roof will be tied in where it meets the house next door.

On a house built before 1940, ask what the deck is (boards or plywood) and whether slate sits under the later layers: slate can’t be roofed over.

Of the 50 Bucks County municipalities on this site, Sellersville has the 28th largest share of homes built before 1980: 60%, against a county range of 16% to 88%.

Sellersville and the towns around it

Place	Median built	Before 1980	Owners	Row, twin	Hail days
Sellersville	1972	60%	66%	34%	14
Perkasie	1972	60%	68%	29%	14
West Rockhill	1980	50%	79%	23%	12
Silverdale	1982	45%	88%	30%	13
Telford Borough, Bucks County	1955	76%	71%	21%	13
Telford Borough, Montgomery County	1955	76%	71%	21%	13

Median built: median year the homes were built. Before 1980: share of homes built then. Owners: share of homes that are owner-occupied. Row, twin: share of homes that are rowhouses, twins or townhouses. Census ACS 2020–2024. Hail days: days with hail of 1 inch or larger within 10 miles, 2006–2025, NOAA Storm Prediction Center.

Storm record around Sellersville

Within 10 miles of Sellersville, hail of an inch or more was reported on 14 days between 2006 and 2025, the biggest stones 2 in on May 29, 2019. The most recent was September 8, 2023.

Remnants of Hurricane Ida (DR-4618, September 2021) is the latest of 5 federal storm declarations covering Bucks County since 2006. (OpenFEMA.)

A report says hail fell near Sellersville, not that it damaged a roof. When wind or hail damage means a new roof.

What goes on the roof next

Useful life is HUD’s planning figure, not a warranty. More in the guides to shingles, metal, slate and flat roofs.

Material	HUD useful life	Fits a house like	Watch for
Asphalt shingles	20 years	Most pitched roofs; 37% of homes here are detached	Wind class set by the design wind speed (IRC Table R905.2.4.1)
Metal (standing seam, panels)	50 years	Simple roofs with long, unbroken slopes	Standing seam that carries its own loads can skip the tear-off (R908.3.1)
Slate	75 years	Older houses; 31% here predate 1940	Can’t be roofed over; check the framing for the weight
Flat roof: EPDM or TPO	15 years	Low-slope roofs and rear sections (34% of homes here are attached)	Seams at walls and drainage

Checking a contractor in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s home improvement law (HICPA § 3, § 6) requires registration with the Attorney General from $5,000 a year of such work and puts the number on every estimate; ask for it in Sellersville and look it up.

The price side is in what a new roof costs in Pennsylvania; the paperwork side in checking a roofing contractor.

Questions about a new roof in Sellersville

Do I need a permit to replace a roof in Sellersville?

Local ordinance, not the state. The state code does not cover a reroof that changes no structure (34 Pa. Code § 403.1(b)(8)). So the borough code office in Sellersville is the one to ask before work starts.

Do the old shingles have to come off in Sellersville?

How old are the houses in Sellersville?

By the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), the median home in Sellersville was built in 1972, 60% of homes were built before 1980, 66% are owner-occupied.

Does Sellersville get hail that damages roofs?

Hail of 1 inch or larger was reported on 14 days within 10 miles of Sellersville from 2006 through 2025 (NOAA Storm Prediction Center). A report means hail fell nearby, not that a roof was damaged.

How do I check a roofing contractor in Sellersville?

What they will ask on the phone

The street address in Sellersville, or at least the ZIP code
Detached, twin or rowhouse, and the number of stories
What covers the roof now and about when it went on
The number of layers, if anyone has counted
Your timing for a complete replacement
Any historic-district or HOA rules on the house in Sellersville
That you own the home and decide on the roof

The full list: before you call.